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Author Addis, William, 1949-

Title Building : 3000 years of design engineering and construction / Bill Addis.

Imprint London ; New York : Phaidon Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  624.17 Ad24b 2007    ---  Available
Description 640 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 622-626) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Building and engineering in ancient times : 1000 B.C.-A.D. 500 -- The medieval era : 500-1400 -- The Renaissance : 1400-1630 -- Global trading and the age of reason and enlightenment : 1630-1750 -- Engineering becomes a profession : 1750-1800 -- The harmony of theory and practice : 1800-1860 -- The birth of the modern building : 1860-1920 -- Architectural engineering : 1920-1960 -- The computer age and the greening of construction : 1960-present -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Appendix 1: "Aims and means" / by Ove Arup -- Appendix 2: Iron and its alloys -- Appendix 3: Concrete and reinforced concrete.
Subject Building -- History.
Architecture -- History.
Structural engineering -- History.
Structural design -- History.
Added Title 3000 years of design engineering and construction
Three thousand years of design engineering and construction
ISBN 0714841463
9780714841465
Standard No. YDXCP 2525662
NZ1 11317793

 
    
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